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2. Porgy and Bess - Wikipedia

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   Ruby Elzy as Serena in the original Broadway production of Porgy and Bess (1935) John W. Bubbles as Sportin' Life in the original Broadway production of Porgy and Bess (1935) Gershwin's first version of the opera, running four hours (counting the two intermissions), was performed privately in a concert version in Carnegie Hall, in the fall of 1935.

3. List of compositions by George Gershwin - Wikipedia

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   Porgy and Bess has also been frequently heard in the concert hall, one suite fashioned by Robert Russell Bennett, Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture is relatively popular. Catfish Row (1936), a 5-movement suite based on material cut from Porgy and Bess before its Broadway premiere. I. Catfish Row; II. Porgy Sings; III. Fugue; IV. Hurricane

4. Porgy (play) - Wikipedia

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   Porgy marked the Broadway directing debut of Rouben Mamoulian. The play ran a total of 55 weeks in New York, and the original cast toured the United States twice and performed for 11 consecutive weeks in London. The play tells the story of Porgy, a disabled black beggar who lives in the slums of Charleston, South Carolina. It relates his ...

5. Anne Brown - Wikipedia

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   Brown sang Bess in several revivals of Porgy and Bess during this time, including the 1942 Broadway revival. She also sang Bess for the Decca Records album Selections from George Gershwin's folk opera Porgy and Bess and sang some of Bess's music in an appearance in the 1945 Gershwin biography film Rhapsody in Blue.

6. Porgy and Bess (1951 album) - Wikipedia

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   Among the musicals the team had recorded (or would record) were Oh, Kay!, Babes in Arms, Girl Crazy, and Pal Joey. Although there had been an album of Porgy and Bess since 1940, there had never been a 3-LP version. The 1951 album set contained more than two-thirds of the opera, for the first time ever in the history of recording.

7. Gershwin Theatre - Wikipedia

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   This was the highest single-week ticket sale for any Broadway production, in terms of monetary profit, as well as the second-highest in number of tickets sold. [249] Wicked set the box office record for the Gershwin Theatre multiple times. [250] [251] In 2010, the musical became the first Broadway show to gross over $2 million in a single week ...

8. Selections from George Gershwin's Folk Opera Porgy and Bess

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   The 1940 album was the first to record selections from George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess as sung by members of the original Broadway cast from 1935. The only singers involved were Todd Duncan as Porgy and Anne Brown as Bess. Duncan sang "It Ain't Necessarily So", which is sung in the opera by Sportin' Life.

9. Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical - Wikipedia

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   The Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical has been awarded since 1994. Before that time, both plays and musicals were considered together for the Tony Award for Best Revival . The award is given to the producers of the best musical play which has already appeared on Broadway in a previous production, or is regarded as being in the common ...